sonsy
Americanadjective
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strong and healthy; robust.
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agreeable; good-natured.
adjective
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plump; buxom; comely
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cheerful; good-natured
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lucky
Etymology
Origin of sonsy
1525–35; sonse “prosperity, good fortune” ( Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic sonas, Middle Irish sonus, derivative of sona “prosperous, happy,” Old Irish son ) + -y 1 ( def. ); cf. donsie
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By Sophie May In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales by William Patten
She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
He is a fribble, a sonsy faddle, whose conceits veer with the breeze like a creaking weather-vane.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
Of Clan Macdonald this is one, Of Allan Mor of Moy the son; He brought to me a sonsy vessel To satiate my thirsty whistle.
From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. by Alexander Macbain
Ower holy was hanged, but rough and sonsy wan awa'.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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